FIRST COURSE

LUMPIA $8 – GROUND PORK SPRING ROLLS – PICKLED GREEN PAPAYA
SWEET & TANGY THAI CHILI SAUCE

*YELLOW CORN MASA GNOCCHI $9 – CILANTRO
ROASTED TOMATO & TOMATILLO SAUCE - MANCHEGO CHEESE

*STEAMED MUSSELS $11  - COCONUTMILK & CHIPOTLE BROTH - CILANTRO – MINT

CRAB CAKE $10 - CREOLE REMOULADE - RED PEPPER COULIS – IDAHO WINDOW PANE CHIP

GARAM MASALA SAMOSAS $8 – POTATOES – GREEN PEAS – CUCUMBER YOGURT

ROASTED VEAL MARROW $8 – HOUSE PICKLED VEGETABLES – ONION JAM - CROSTINI

SECOND COURSE

*DRIED CHERRY ROCKET SALAD  $8 – BABY ARUGULA -  DRIED DOOR COUNTY CHERRIES
CANDIED WALNUTS - ROTH KÄSE BUTTERMILK BLEU CHEESE – MOLASSES VINAIGRETTE                                                   
*FRISEÉ SALAD $8 – FRISEÉ LETTUCE – GREEN BEANS – SHAVED FENNEL – CHIPPED POTATO
PRESERVED LEMON-CHILI VINAIGRETTE

*SPINACH SALAD  $7 – BABY SPINACH – ROASTED PORK BELLY – PICKLED RED ONION – SPICED PECANS - GREEN GODDESS DRESSING

TESS SALAD  $6 - FIELD GREENS - CUCUMBERS - TOMATOES – CROUTONS
RICE WINE VINAIGRETTE

THIRD COURSE

*GRILLED SALMON  $21 –  MISO MAPLE GLAZE – COCONUT JASMINE RICE
NAPA CABBAGE & APPLE SLAW - PICKLED CRANBERRY VINAIGRETTE

*SEARED JUMBO SEA SCALLOPS  $25 – TAMARIND NOUC CHAM SAUCE
ROCK SHRIMP JICAMA SALAD – LEMONGRASS INFUSED FORBIDDEN RICE
ADOBO SPICED PEANUTS

*BLACKENED TILAPIA  $21 – MANGO COULIS
ROASTED CORN, BLACK BEAN & LUMP CRAB RELISH
SAUTÉED GREEN BEANS - BASMATI RICE

*DUCK LEG CONFIT $24 – ADOBO SAUCE – ROASTED GARLIC JASMINE RICE
PICKLED PAPAYA - SAUTEED SPINACH

*PAN SEARED BEEF TENDERLOIN  $27 – TRUFFLED MUSHROOM TRIO & RED WINE SAUCE
SAUTÉED GREEN BEANS – BUTTER MASHED POTATO

*RED SORGHUM PAELLA  $17 – RED SORGHUM – ROASTED ZUCCHINI & BELL PEPPERS
GREEN PEAS – SUNDRIED TOMATOES – KALAMATA OLIVES
ADD CHICKEN BREAST+$4ADD SHRIMP & MUSSELS+$6

*GORGONZOLA WALNUT CHICKEN $19 – GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST – GORGONZOLA CHEESE
WALNUTS – SAUTEED MARKET VEGETABLES – SWEET POTATO PUREE - BALSAMIC REDUCTION

*ROASTED PORK TENDERLOIN  $24–  MOLÉ SAUCE – YELLOW CORN MASA GNOCCHI
SAUTEED  MARKET VEGETABLES

HOUSE MADE RAVIOLI  $18 – BLEND OF FRESH & AGED CHEESES – HERBS –LEMON ZEST
TOMATO SAUCE - ITALIAN SAUSAGE CRUMBLE – WHITE WINE

SAN FRANCISCO CIOPPINO  $23 - SEARED SALMON – SCALLOPS - MUSSELS – ROCK SHRIMP
GARLIC - WHITE WINE – CHILI FLAKES - HERBS – CLASSIC MARINARA SAUCE – CROSTINI (available gluten free)

     
         2499 North Bartlett Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 / 414.964.8377 fax 414.964.7790 / tess2499@aol.com
 
                            Open at 5pm Tuesday-Sunday for dinner/$3 charge for split entrees, $1.50 for split salads/$20 corkage fee

18% gratuity for parties of 6 or more /consumption of raw or uncooked foods can cause food borne illness

*gluten free item            no separate checks, please




Homemade Friday Fish Fry

*New England Clam Chowder
$4 cup$8 bowl

*Classic Shrimp Cocktail$8
with wasabi cocktail sauce

Panko Breaded Lake Perch
or
Tempura Battered Tilapia
$14.95

with Sweet Potato Fries
Crunchy Asian-Style Cole Slaw - Buttered Rye Bread
Housemade Ketchup & Tartar Sauce
and plenty of Lemon


Dessert

*Flourless Chocolate Cake   $8
with housemade alterra coffee custard

‘Elvis’ Cake   $7
banana cake layered with peanut butter icing, dark chocolate ganache, candied bacon

*Crème Brulee of the Week   $7
changes weekly, ask your server for current selection

*Butterscotch Budino   $7
with caramel sauce, pink salt


*gluten free item